May 22, 1999 | New York, NY
Promoter: Wayne DeMilia

Paul Dillett (1st Place) came in tighter than expected. He showed good full muscle size and peaks. Although a little more tightness could have appeared in the obliques, he still managed a good tapered waist in between a full upper body and thick legs. Paul came in first place in the symmetry round (quarter-turns) and the muscularity round (mandatory poses).

Pavol Jablonicky (2nd Place) is well known at the Night of Champions as he has competed here many times. Just coming off of a first place win at the IFBB Toronto Pro Invitational on May 1, he was a serious contender for first place. He came to this show with outstanding size and fullness, which has become his trademark. His most noticeable improvement from prior years was in his tightness. Pavol went into the evening show in third place. He took first place in the individual posing round, moving him up to second place, which he retained for the balance of the evening.

Dexter Jackson (3rd Place) was most impressive during the final comparisons when the top five took the stage. He was highly symmetrical, balanced, hard, and tight. It was a classic contrast with Dexter and Milos on one side, showing an emphasis on pleasing symmetry and balance, and Dillett, Jablonicky, and Ruhl on the other side, showing massive size and thickness. Dexter went into the evening show in second place. It was Jablonicky's strong showing in the evening that moved Dexter to third.

Marcus Ruhl (4th Place) was the audience favorite, and the audience let the judges know it when Marcus was announced in fourth place. He may well have been the biggest competitor at the contest. Marcus hit his poses long and hard, which allowed the judges to become plainly aware of his domination when looking for muscularity and mass. Everything about Marcus said size and power. However, there were some imbalances in his physique. His deltoids were huge and striated, possibly without match in this competition. However, they overpowered his traps. His quads, although having good size, did not have a long, full sweep. The lower quad had a short sweep, while the upper flair was lacking. There was also some slack showing from the lower back to the upper hamstrings. At times I could not see any separation between the glutes and the hamstrings. Overall, Marcus was impressive, mostly due to his size gains in the last year.

Milos Sarcev, (5th Place) with his overall appearance of pleasing balance and shape, and his mastery at posing, was impressive. His individual routine was classic and worth the ticket price. Milos' strongest bodypart was his legs, which have fullness, separation, and size, with a long balanced sweep. His upper body needs to catch up to his legs. Although it showed good overall shape, it was overpowered by his legs.

Round 1: Symmetry Round (Quarter-Turns)
Round 2: Muscularity Round (Mandatory Poses)
Round 3: Individual Posing Routines
Round 4: Top 5 Symmetry/Muscularity Comparisons & Pose Down

PLACE	NAME	COUNTRY	ROUND				TOTAL
			#1	#2	#3	#4
1*	Paul Dillett	Canada	5	6	11	7	29
2*	Pavol Jablonicky	Czech Republic	14	13	8	10	45
3*	Dexter Jackson	USA	14	11	14	13	52
4*	Marcus Ruhl	Germany	26	18	18	20	82
5*	Milos Sarcev	Yugoslavia	17	33	34	25	109
6	Ernie Taylor	England	32	26	30		88
7	Johnny Moya	USA	34	31	33		98
8	Darrem Charles	Trinidad	38	39	32		109
9	Porter Cottrell	USA	44	52	51		147
10	Orville Burke	USA	58	47	49		154
11	Claude Groulx	Canada	48	53	55		156
12	Jason Arntz	USA	56	64	61		181
13	Tom Prince	USA	65	72	70		207
14	JD Dawodu	England	80	65	64		209
14	Dennis James	USA	72	72	65		209
16	Stan McCrary	USA	75	80			155
17	Ed Van Amsterdam	Holland	76	80			156
18	David Fisher	Canada	78	80			158
19	David Alleyne	Barbados	80	80			160
19	Gustavo Badell	USA	80	80			160
19	Darien Bond	USA	80	80			160
19	Fredon Boojaklee	Syria	80	80			160
19	Ken Brown	USA	80	80			160
19	Gianluca Daniele	Italy	80	80			160
19	J Eleftheriedis	Germany	80	80			160
19	Fauzi Hanst	Caribbean	80	80			160
19	Istvan Horvath	Hungary	80	80			160
19	Ken Jones	USA	80	80			160
19	Berry Kabov	Yugoslavia	80	80			160
19	Rod Ketchens	USA	80	80			160
19	Jeno Kiss	Hungary	80	80			160
19	Craig Licker	USA	80	80			160
19	Christian Lobarede	Chile	80	80			160
19	Patrick Lynn	USA	80	80			160
19	Mohamed Makkawy	Canada	80	80			160
19	Benedetto Mondello	Italy	80	80			160
19	Omid Parsa	Sweden	80	80			160
19	Bruce Patterson	Canada	80	80			160
19	Mike Quinn	USA	80	80			160
19	Grant Thomas	England	80	80			160
19	Ivory Turner	USA	80	80			160
19	Innocent Ukpong	Nigeria	80	80			160
19	Soika Zvi	Israel	80	80			160

*Top 5 qualify for Mr. Olympia

Johnny Moya (7th Place) can't seem to do anything wrong at the Night of Champions. He's a local favorite and New York audiences like him. Johnny consistently comes in hard and always peaks at the right time.

Darrem Charles' (8th Place) project for this year is to put on more size, and the results were already showing. He came in with more fullness than last year, yet he maintained his tight symmetry. His biceps were eye-riveting. His individual routine and selection of music may have been the most impressive of the evening.

Jason Arntz (12th Place) came to his first Night of Champions with the good proportions he's become known for. He had excellent delts that were full, yet tight with striations. They were well balanced with impressive traps and quads.

Ed Van Amsterdam (17th Place) was one of the impressive new physiques to the Night of Champions. He displayed a good combination of both muscularity and symmetry, which make up two of the three judging criteria. He had excellent thickness to his muscles, as was seen from all angles. His back was deep. His delts were full and in good proportion with his legs. Ed's weakness came in the form of some overall smoothness. Some of his body parts, such as his traps and upper chest, could use some more size to balance with the rest of him.

Ken Brown has been making deliberate and consistent gains in the sport. In 1997 he became a pro by winning the NPC USA Championships' overall title. As is the usual practice among professional bodybuilders, he took 1998 off to prepare himself for pro level competitions. He was pretty visible in his off-year by landing product endorsements and frequent appearances in print magazines. Ken came to this show with some good full size, particularly in his 22" biceps, striated delts, and thick separated quads. Although this was a good showing for Ken's first Night of Champions, I'd like to see him with stronger traps and upper pecs.